WHITE GOLD
Fascinating facts about sugar and salt
At different times in history, both sugar and salt were called "white gold", because they were so expensive and difficult to get. But there are many more interesting facts about sugar and salt…
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Christopher Columbus introduced sugar to the New World in 1493 on his second voyage.
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If you eat too much salt (about 1 gram per kilogram of weight), you can die. This was a method of ritual suicide in ancient China.
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Salzburg in Austria was called "the city of salt" because of its mines.
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If you want to check if an egg is fresh, put it in a cup with water and salt. If the egg floats, it isn’t very fresh.
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In Brazil fuel made from sugar is used in cars instead of petrol.
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Americans eat or drink about 2.25 kilos of sugar a month.
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Salt is used to make glass, washing powder, and paper.
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Salt kills some bacteria, and so helps food to last longer, which is why bacon and cheese contain a lot.
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If you put sugar into a vase of flowers, the flowers last longer.
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Sugar only contains energy. It doesn’t contain any vitamins or minerals.
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Sure and sugar are the only two words in the English language that begin with "su" and are pronounced "sh".
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We need to have a little salt in our diet, but not more than 6g a day, which is about one teaspoon.
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